From bugi1960 at gmail.com Fri Jun 6 11:38:08 2025 From: bugi1960 at gmail.com (Phil Nase) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2025 13:38:08 -0400 Subject: [Spridgets] Cars for sale Message-ID: <7DEB6602-6BE8-487F-8A6D-D34E4BB016D8@gmail.com> I?m looking to move to a smaller place and the Brit cars need to go. 2 1960 Bugeyes, 1 restored but not currently running and a project car. Also a 1970 Australian Morris Mini 1100. When they are sold I?ll also have an AC 4 post lift for sale. Phil Nase bugi1960 at gmail.com 267-772-0486 From grunthaner at gmail.com Sun Jun 8 13:53:26 2025 From: grunthaner at gmail.com (Linda Grunthaner) Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2025 15:53:26 -0400 Subject: [Spridgets] Happy Birthday! In-Reply-To: References: <2EF02AE6-B3EB-44C5-8691-ACB7DA5A1785@chartermi.net> Message-ID: Great read. Thank you for all you have done Mark. So many of us have saved time, money and mostly frustration in solving our vehicle problems because of these lists, mostly LBC. I have not given my Sprite attention in a while and I must say April 11th set many of us back. I will do my best to become more active in the Spridget list serve as my little Sprite is ready for attention and I'm ready to attend : ) Safety fast, Linda 62 California Sprite "Pinky" On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 2:40?PM Charlie Shelden via Spridgets < spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote: > I?m > Just catching up on email. While I don?t have a running spridget. I do > still have a 74 MG and a 59 Sprite I got from David Oliver in upstate New > York Always wondered what happened to his cars after he passed. . > > Mark thank you for keeping his going. I believe I joined in 2000. Met > several of you. Rick Fisk glad to see you are still kicking! > > Charlie > OKC > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 15, 2025, at 9:26?PM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets < > spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote: > > > > ?Mark, 34 years is incredible! Thank you! This list and the people on > it have meant a bunch to me over the years. I just wish the list was more > active these days. Faceplant is a joke. The car forums I frequent are > fine and enjoyable, but don't have the feeling of community like the list > used to have. Guess we're getting old and too busy with other things. > > > >> On Apr 11, 2025, at 10:54?PM, Mark Bradakis via Spridgets < > spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote: > >> > >> ?On April 11th, 1991, team.net became a new domain. 34 years ago, how > time flies! Back then it was just two lists, autox and british-cars. My, > things have changed. At its peak, there were 77 lists, I think, stemming > from splitting the british-cars list into Triumph, MG, Healey, etc lists. > And shop-talk and the-local and Datsun roadsters and Bricklin and ... you > get the idea. > >> > >> While Team Net is no longer the only show in town as it was back in the > early days, there are still just over 30 lists. About half a dozen of > these see daily, or almost daily, traffic. Some see hardly any use at > all. Back in the mid nineties, the autox list would see like a thousand > messages in August, leading up to the Nationals. I think the one and only > year I attended, '97, about 2/3rds of the entrants were on Team Net. Lost > track of how many stickers I sold. Still have a few somewhere in my office. > >> > >> As I recall, the very first server I set up at home was top of the > line, with a 120 MHz processor. Attached is the label for that box. Cost > me $2,500. See the photo for the specs :-) Actually, it didn't cost ME > much money. Before Team Net came about, I had a fundraiser. Back then, > having an internet connection at home was not cheap. I think I raised like > $3,000 which got us started down this trail. > >> > >> Still accepting donations, though the semi-annual fund drives are a > thing of the past. When folks see fit and have a few bucks to spare, they > visit http://www.team.net/donate.html - donate early, donate often! > >> > >> Yep, it has been over 3 decades I have been doing this, a lot of > effort. Back in the day it would take me at least 10 - 15 hours a week > dealing with errors, bounced mail, maintaining some of the web pages and so > on. All that effort did land me a berth in the British Sports Car Hall of > Fame. That was nice. > >> > >> And I plan on keeping it going as long as I am physically able. > >> > >> Anyway, happy birthday Team.Net! > >> > >> mjb. > >> <20250411_131842.jpg> > >> ------------------------ > >> > >> spridgets at autox.team.net > >> > >> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > >> Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > >> > >> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > >> > >> Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/refisk at chartermi.net > > > > ------------------------ > > > > spridgets at autox.team.net > > > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/shelden3 at pldi.net > > ------------------------ > > spridgets at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/grunthaner at gmail.com > -- "Pay if forward" in honor of Frank Clarici III, Spritenut -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From grunthaner at gmail.com Sun Jun 8 13:58:46 2025 From: grunthaner at gmail.com (Linda Grunthaner) Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2025 15:58:46 -0400 Subject: [Spridgets] Trailer In-Reply-To: <64647593-2A66-4ABF-A78E-597D5CBEC6A2@mac.com> References: <64647593-2A66-4ABF-A78E-597D5CBEC6A2@mac.com> Message-ID: Wow Paul, Very nice trailer, I didn't know they existed with a tilting method. I'll have to investigate too. Keep us updated. Linda 62 California Sprite, "Pinky" On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 1:08?PM Paul Van Wig via Spridgets < spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote: > As I age, I?m considering a smaller, easier-to-deal-with trailer and > looking for a 14-foot, single-axle aluminum tilt trailer. > > Two I?m looking at are > https://alumaklm.com/products/utility/single-heavy-axle/7815s-tilt-trailer/ > https://alumaklm.com/products/utility/single-heavy-axle/7814s-tilt-trailer/ > > The 15? will give me space to add a toolbox on the front. The Morris is > 13.5' > > Would anyone happen to have any better ideas? > > > > > > Paul Van Wig > Big Bear/Lakewood, CA > > > > *1959 Nash Metropolitan "Tiffany" (the wife's fun ride) w/63MGB motor* > *1960 Bug Eye ?Frogari? **1310cc, Kent 286 cam, Webber 45, Datsun 5 > speed, four-wheel disc brakes* > *1968 Morris Minor Woody RHD ?Thomas? Now with power four-wheel brakes* > > ------------------------ > > spridgets at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/grunthaner at gmail.com > -- "Pay if forward" in honor of Frank Clarici III, Spritenut -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PastedGraphic-1.tiff Type: image/tiff Size: 320058 bytes Desc: not available URL: From grunthaner at gmail.com Sun Jun 8 14:14:40 2025 From: grunthaner at gmail.com (Linda Grunthaner) Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2025 16:14:40 -0400 Subject: [Spridgets] Frank Clarici III In-Reply-To: References: <443FDD20-18DF-483A-B4DA-7F5153812909@chartermi.net> Message-ID: Keep turning your Spridget wrenches, they would want it that way. Linda 62 California Sprite "Pinky" On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 12:20?AM David Woerpel via Spridgets < spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote: > Rick, > > On this day of all days I was replacing the Bugeye's rear brake > cylinders with aftermarket ones. Do you think I could get them past the > axle and into the slot!? Not wanting to loosen the axle and after the > air turned blue, I sat back and pondered and it hit me what day it was > and I asked WWFD? 1st he cuss out the bootleg parts, 2nd he's get out > the disc grinder and sculpt the cylinder so it would slide in without > gouging the smooth face where the line and copper washer mate. Did it > and it worked. Thanks Frank!! Still looking out for us! Then I sent > my much honed original Lockheed cyls. out to be resleeved. > In Remembrance of Frank and Paul, > > Dave W > '59 :{) > '59 MGA 1500 > > "Pay It Forward" > > > > On 4/11/2025 3:56 PM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets wrote: > > ?I wonder if Frank is looking down and laughing at all of us flailing > around. :-) > > > > ------------------------ > > > > spridgets at autox.team.net > > > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/dtwoerpel at gmail.com > > ------------------------ > > spridgets at autox.team.net > > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html > Suggested annual donation: $12.75 > > Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets > http://autox.team.net/archive > > Unsubscribe/Manage: > http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/grunthaner at gmail.com > -- "Pay if forward" in honor of Frank Clarici III, Spritenut -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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